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Systems and methods for dynamic decentralized load balancing across multiple sites

  • US 8,141,164 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2006
  • Issued: 03/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a ratio for distributing requests between a plurality of appliances, the method comprising:

  • establishing, by a first appliance, a first sum of weights assigned to services executing on a first plurality of servers managed by the first appliance via a first local area network;

    establishing, by a second appliance, a second sum of weights assigned to services executing on a second plurality of servers managed by the second appliance via a second local area network;

    receiving, by the first appliance from the second appliance, the second sum of weights; and

    determining, by the first appliance, a ratio of the first sum of weights to the second sum of weights for distributing incoming requests between the first appliance and the second appliance.

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